Children in foster care and their school performance

Autor	Linda Švrčinová
Organisation	ÚPSS PF UP
Year	2012
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	Dissertation focuses on the issue of children in foster care. This specific group is indicated by domestic and foreign studies as children failing in school, showing an increased number of educational and merit issues, and children from foster families are social stigmatized. Dissertation is focused on child welfare systém, its critique, problems and the ongoing transformation. Briefly presents a system of alternative care of children, in both, family and institutional types. It clarifies the issue of psychological deprivation in the context of alternative family care. The main empirical part of the dissertation focuses on the study of 192 children growing up in foster care and their school performance. Dissertation uses knowledge of domestic and foreign studies, on the basis of which is the final discussion of data executed.
Keywords	foster care, school performance, child, deprivation, children at risk, social and legal protection of children
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Email	linda.svrcinova@upol.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	ÚPSS PF UP, Žižkovo nám. 5, Olomouc
Organisation	ÚPSS PF UP
Possible connection	Children and Youth Ratio in population Number of children and young people Expected numbers of children and young people (Summer) recovery activities (form of summer camps)